Yep. One more step in the right direction but this thing has been in the works for years. I'm not holding my breath.

Haha, great minds--I wrote my post above without reading yours, but we said almost exactly the same thing.

I've just added in my character details to the char sheet, so was wondering if it could be set to 'Variable Width, Word Wrap On' as this looks a lot better to me.

I've never managed to make it do that. Sorry. I manually format it

Players can't make the change, but the GM can. They'd do that by selecting Edit Character Sheet, if you look at the bottom of the Char Sheet text window there are two radio buttons - Fixed Width, Word Wrap Off & Variable Width, Word Wrap On

The GM also has the choice whether to make the sheet User Editable.

Please see the important announcement.

The above was directed t the GM, sorry, I should have made my intent less ambiguous.

With regard to the move of site..

I wish you all well! Have fun. I won't be playing with you.

Terribly sorry to hear that!

Is there a reason you mind providing?

Is there something amiss with RPGC that I am clueless about? If it's sensitive, feel free to PM me.

I am sorry to hear that as well Lady Amelia.

I don’t know much about rpgcrossing.com but the fact that the Terms and Conditions are labelled as being for “Dungeons and Dragons” is a little concerning - it speaks of a lack of care, at the very least.

Personally I like the setup here - I don’t see sub forums as being especially useful, and it s features I value that standard forums don’t have.

I'll attempt to join on the other site!  My issue is, I do much of my posting from work, and my corporate network has some online gaming sites blocked and others not, apparently randomly as far as I can tell.  I can get to RPoL just fine, but there are others I know I can't.  So if I can play there, I will!  I'll be able to find out when I get to work again tomorrow morning.

Have signed up.

The ability to include private text in posts is available also available there, so that's a wash.

It would be unfortunate if your work servers won't let you reach the new place.

And it's unfortunate that I'm having to do this, but I'm not kidding, it's killing my buzz trying to use rpol the way it's set up. I want to be happy to log on and play, not have this frustrated-in-the-pit-of-my-stomach feeling I have now.

So, as I said, best to rip the bandage off right away than make it worse by investing more effort here.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:38, Fri 20 Jan 2023.

Actually I answered in PMs But there is a conversation here. So...



And... I read TOUs. I read the rules. I follow them. It takes time and effort to do that. I am the sad sort of person that actually reads a contract before signing them. I even read T&Cs occasionally and certainly if I am going to use a service extensively. I don't want to go through that for a new website.

And finally what PK said. Personally I like the setup here - I don’t see sub forums as being especially useful, and RPOL has features I value that standard forums don’t have.

I have character sheets here. A separation between character and player. Character descriptions. Lots of goodness. I've not seen on other websites. Perhaps there are better ones, but this is far more than 'just satisfactory'

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All that said I am sure you will find lots of players on that site. Go with your heart. As a GM you have to be happy with your tools

Yes, they're a bit D&D-centric there, but there are plenty of other games hosted and it really doesn't matter what is played. That's up to the GM and players. Amber doesn't need specific support tools such as polyhedral dice rollers, dungeon mapping, etc., so it comes down to what I can handle, and what lets me focus on the story, not fighting the site.

You have this here. For example
This message was last edited by the player at 21:35, Fri 20 Jan 2023.

In reply to Lady Amelia (msg # 59):

All very understandable. You moving to the new site is comparable to me staying here, I imagine: painful to contemplate.

But sometimes one doesn't know what one doesn't know, and I didn't know I would end up hating the way this site functions. Obviously it has great people here. But if I only have one car, so to speak, I have to be happy driving it.

And so do you, totally.

All the best, Lady A.

It’s not that it’s D&D-centric - it’s the fact that they used the name, “Dungeons and Dragons” for their service in the terms and conditions - but they can’t call their service that.  They’d get squashed by Wizards/Hasbro if they tried and they ought to know that.  So why do it?

In reply to Lady Amelia (msg # 61):

Yes, I was replying to the above post that pointed out this ability here--I was saying, yes, they also have that ability there. Both do.

Done.

The new game has been approved and I'm setting things up.

It's here: https://www.rpgcrossing.com/forumdisplay.php?f=20284

If you are joining over there, you will need to register of course, and then friend me--screen name the same as here, David VanDyke.

PM me, and I will set you up a folder in the game with private access to the threads inside.

Friend request sent - but new users need to post 4 times before they can send PMs

You can go to the dice roll section and roll a few dice. That should do it. Also, pretty sure I got you set up so post in your own folder.

So if this version of the game is formally dead could you remove me from it please?  I don't like to leave stumps crowding up my list  :)